SPR-4406: Frontline Employee Training Using Virtual Reality Simulation of Field Conditions

This project will develop virtual reality (VR)-based training modules with realistic scenarios for rehabilitation and maintenance decision-making. Technical staff can thoroughly practice and sharpen their skills without being concerned about typical hazards that real world training may incur. Software with a VR headset that will provide a training platform for INDOT crews to be exposed to various pavement operation scenarios and learn about how to make an informed decisions regarding potential follow-up actions.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR-4406

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University
  1284 Civil Engineering Building, Room 4154
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284
• Principal Investigators:

  Jahanshahi, Mohammad

  Dyke, Shirley

• Start Date: 20190801
• Expected Completion Date: 20220731
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Maintenance; Rehabilitation; Road crews; Software; Training; Training simulators; Virtual reality
• Identifier Terms: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01721970
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR-4406
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Nov 5 2019 1:40PM